Gary Lineker: Politics, football and the BBC

Leading

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Politics, Government, News

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Gary Lineker is regularly told to 'stick to football'. Now, after recently tweeting his views on the Government’s refugee policy, the Match Of The Day presenter sits down with Alastair and Rory to discuss his upbringing, life in the public eye, and what really happened after he was suspended (and later reinstated) in his role at the BBC. Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics TRIP Plus: Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, receive a weekly newsletter, enjoy ad-free listening to both TRIP and Leading, join our Discord chatroom, and receive early access to live show tickets and Question Time episodes. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up. Email: [email protected] Producers: Dom Johnson + Nicole Maslen Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode where the rest of this poll is leading with me, Alistair Campbell.
0:10.6	And with me, Rory Stewart, and also in the background with an amazing dog called Philbert.
0:16.2	And have you any idea why the dog is called Philbert?
0:19.4	Absolutely no idea why the dog is called Philbert.
0:21.3	Philbert say anything to you in your little wall.
0:24.1	Literally zero.
0:25.1	I've never heard the name Philbert before.
0:28.3	Street is the ground where a very well known football team called Leicester City used to play.
0:34.8	Oh my goodness.
0:35.6	Rory, have you heard of Leicester City?
0:37.5	And here coming in is the man from Leicester City.
0:40.1	He did play for Leicester City.
0:41.7	Rory has managed through K9 connection to give away our guest early on.
0:47.5	Our guest is a former footballer and Rory, what were the clubs that I told you he played for?
0:52.0	So he didn't tell me he played for them.
0:54.4	But he did play, I believe, for Everton, the Tottenham, the Barcelona,
0:59.4	and astonishingly for Nagoya, not a club that I'd head off to.
1:04.0	You must have done some research to know that.
1:08.0	So he was then having been a footballer for these clubs and famously for England,
1:13.7	there's a Golden Boot winner.
1:14.7	Do you know how a Golden Boot does, how you get a Golden Boot, Rory?
1:17.7	No, how do you get a Golden Boot?
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